Saudi Arabia, S.A Launch Defense Radars, Electronics Research Program

[Mosamania]

SA, Saudi launch research programme

Modern defence aircraft, such as the Saab Gripen fighter jet used by the South African Air Force, are equipped with airborne radar (Photo: Official Gripen Blog)



26 September 2012

South Africa's Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and its Saudi Arabian partner, the King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), have established a new research programme for radar and electronic defence at the University of Pretoria, CSIR announced last week.

Called the programme for electronic defence research, it is aimed at building on the two organisations' bi-national initiative to grow both countries' engineering research capabilities.

It includes the creation of a bi-national research cluster and several human capital development programmes at universities in both countries.

"The programme will lead to growth of the technological depth and scope in this research field," executive director for the CSIR's operating unit for defence, peace, safety and security, André Negen, said at the announcement of the programme at the Africa Aerospace and Defence 2012 exhibition in Pretoria.

"This is of great importance to both the CSIR and KACST and through our strategic partnership will grow an agile, effective and robust technical capability that contributes to the establishment of knowledge economies."

The programme's main functions will be to perform research and innovate in the electronic defence field, source and supervise postgraduate students and publish progress in international journals, among others.

It will also assist in the creation of new knowledge in a field which is under- subscribed in terms of skills in both countries, according to the CSIR.

The University of Pretoria (UP) has pledged its full support and indicated its readiness for the programme.

"UP's School of Engineering is rated to be within the top 1% in the world," said the dean of engineering, built environment and information technology, Roelf Sandenbergh.

The university said its vision is to be a research-intensive, internationally renowned department.

The first phase in the establishment of the bi-national research cluster took place in 2011 with the development and initiation of a Master's programme in radar and electronic defence with the support of the South African Radar Interest Group and in collaboration with the University of Cape Town.


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I wonder which Defense research institute is going to make the better electronics systems KACST in collaboration with South Africa or PSATRI in collaboration with Italy
http://www.defence.pk/forums/middle-east-africa/190836-psatri-signs-tot-agreement-italian-psa.html

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

radar dev is no childs play probbly purchased it

 

[Mosamania]

radar dev is no childs play probbly purchased it

It is simply amazing how ignorant can a person be. Humanity never seizes to amaze me.

 

[SQ8]

It is simply amazing how ignorant can a person be. Humanity never seizes to amaze me.

There is a long list as such here..


However.. on topic..
The dean of the University of Pretoria is being a little too optimistic..
it tanks some 300-400 in the world..
far from the top ..
The Saudi's need to engage the top US universities like Qatar has..
but at the end of the day.. they will have to accept that at this stage.. they may not find local students interested enough to work on such technologies in number..
They will have to rely on their usual workforce providers in the South Asian states to provide bright people to kick start the program.

 

[Mosamania]

There is a long list as such here..


However.. on topic..
The dean of the University of Pretoria is being a little too optimistic..
it tanks some 300-400 in the world..
far from the top ..
The Saudi's need to engage the top US universities like Qatar has..
but at the end of the day.. they will have to accept that at this stage.. they may not find local students interested enough to work on such technologies in number..
They will have to rely on their usual workforce providers in the South Asian states to provide bright people to kick start the program.

You obviously don't know how many are interested to work in this stuff. After medicine, engineering and electronics are the second most wanted field. And no we are talking about KACST here. I know more people than I can count who works amd study in the field you mentioned.

We have more than enough "bright people" to kick start any program we want. And we already are engaging top US universities, hell we have more than 50,000 people studying in the US many of them are in this exact field.

This disgusting version held by people that Saudis are genetically dumb and naturally inclined to be lazy infuriates me to no end. But then again most people have not engaged with my generation as most of us are either still studying or very recently graduated. So it is somewhat understandable.

And besides this news is specifically saying it is to increase local pool of professionals. If we were to hire foreigners for such a thing we would do things like the UAE, but instead we are taking the more difficult route to it which is building human capital.

 

[Bubblegum Crisis]

radar dev is no childs play probbly purchased it

It is simply amazing how ignorant can a person be. Humanity never seizes to amaze me.

There is a long list as such here..


However.. on topic..
The dean of the University of Pretoria is being a little too optimistic..
it tanks some 300-400 in the world..
far from the top ..
The Saudi's need to engage the top US universities like Qatar has..
but at the end of the day.. they will have to accept that at this stage.. they may not find local students interested enough to work on such technologies in number..
They will have to rely on their usual workforce providers in the South Asian states to provide bright people to kick start the program.

Really? Like this?


See all olds links:

http://www.defence.pk/forums/milita...rabian-typhoons-get-capability-boost-tot.html

http://www.defence.pk/forums/milita...bian-typhoons-get-capability-boost-tot-2.html